2024 Dao Prize Award Winners
Susan Crabtree
Susan Crabtree is a political correspondent for RealClearPolitics.
Anna Giaritelli
Anna Giaritelli joined the Washington Examiner in 2015 and focuses on homeland security, immigration, and border issues.
Gabe Kaminsky
Gabe Kaminsky is an investigative reporter for the Washington Examiner.
Ari Sen
2024 Dao Prize for Excellence in Local Journalism Arijit (Ari) D. Sen, is an award-winning investigative data journalist at CBS News. He previously worked
Smiley Pool
Smiley contributed the aerial photography in The Dallas Morning News’ coverage of Hurricane Katrina that won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography.
Lauren Caruba
Lauren is an award-winning journalist and investigative reporter for The Dallas Morning News.
Maggie Prosser
Maggie writes about public safety and criminal courts.
Claire Ballor
Clare first started her career at The Dallas Morning News in 2015.
Sharon Grigsby
As the DMN City Columnist and a fifth-generation Texan, I’m focused on all things Dallas.
Tom Fox
Tom was also named a Pulitzer Prize finalist for breaking news photography.
2023 Dao Prize Award Winners
Matt Taibbi
We can counter the spread of misinformation in a post-truth era—if we’re smart about it.
Michael Shellenberger
Shellenberger has been a climate and environmental activist for over 30 years. He has helped save nuclear reactors around the world.
Bari Weiss
In 2023, Bari and The Free Press won the Dao Prize for their work on the Twitter Files.
Aaron Sibarium
Aaron Sibarium is a reporter at the Washington Free Beacon where he covers law, education, and institutional capture.
Joseph Simonson
Simonson’s work has appeared in the New York Post, the American Conservative, and National Review.
